Day 2 of our Adventure

Day 2 of our Adventure.  Tucumcari NM
 I woke up staring at a bright star twinkling thru the overhead bunk window. It wasn't a satellite, this one was much smaller and actually twinkled.  The things we miss living in a house.
  We began the day with someone pecking on the door,  to wake us up, too late we were already dressed and had our first cup of coffee poured.
  Jim and Leann Allen our friends live in Tucumcari, We've known them for over 20 years.
 Van showed her a light on the dash, Asked if she knew what it might be for. (She drove for years with her husband, Jim, Van's best friend.) She said it looks like a camera, why would they have a camera on your truck?
 I said for when thieves shove the security lights on the building toward the sky to steal all your tires. Yes this actually happened to us in Denver Colorado. We backed up to our trailer at the dock, got hooked on and got ready to pull out, Van went to kick the tires and there were  no tires. All the security cameras were pointed to the sky.
  I've become one of THEM old ladies that tell their husband what they can and can't eat... Van looks at the menu and says, "okay what can I have?" Maybe if he worded it more like what CAN I eat? I wouldn't get those " oh you're one of THOSE controlling women tells your husband what he can and can't eat...  *laughing* So I ordered for him. Hey he doesn't hurt now.
  We had two extra hours to spend after our  friends went to work. K-mart was close, so we walked over. Van got a notebook to put all the many papers we have to fill out. I got candy. I can't go long without my licorice They say its good for your stomach and we all know what "they" say has to be gospel!
  We get to Albequerque, we are mesmerized by the beautiful stone work all along the hi way  six foot gheckos, roadrunners, black birds, rabbits,turkeys, only they weren't wild turkeys they were pilgrim turkeys a child has colored bright colors. *laughing* We couldn't believe miles and miles and the money spent on the artwork. Every bridge is colored cement, not the ugly grey, but beautiful turquoise, pottery pink, pearl white.
  We had to go to four different Albertsons. No big deal until we discovered, the one albertson's is on a road no trucks allowed. We took a road missed our turn and there we sit at a red light ON the road we aren't allowed to travel on, our choice is left...on the forbidden road right on the forbidden road or U-turn pulling a 53 ft long trailer 13 feet tall.. yeah right we're gonna make a U-turn and we did! I tell ya Van's a proffessional. I on the other hand would have made a left and said kiss my 53 ft trailer!! *laughing*
 
  I decided we better eat the bierox for supper. (I made them at home.)
"You can use any electrical appliance you want you have an APU (Alternative power unit.) the engine will not idle for over 5 minutes, but you have the APU so you don't need to idle longer than 5 min." We were told.
  So I make sure the APU  is on, I plug in the microwave, put in my two little bierox, turn it on and it shuts off. theAPU turns on sputters and dies. It does this several times.
Van calls dispatch, they say to reset it, Van did. It still sputters and dies, by now the dispatcher has gone home. There we sit with our cold little bierox and a malfunctioning APU...
Van says well... i can start the engine will it take longer than 5 min?
I'm laughing as i can see us restarting the truck every five minutes as we try to cook dinner. We did